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Historical Events

1927 - NY Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series

1952 - Chinese offensive in Korea

1971 - John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"

1981 - US President Ronald Reagan greets predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford
and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral

1982 - Poland bans Solidarity and all labor unions

2012 - Mustafa A.G. Abushagur, the first elected Libyan Prime Minister, is voted out of office by the Libyan parliament

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Famous Birthdays

1747 - Johann Wilhelm Stadler, German composer (d. 1819)

1890 - Eddie Rickenbacker, American aviator "Ace of Aces" (WWI), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1973)

1952 - Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician (Leader of the Socialist Party), born in Oss, Netherlands

1954 - Ben Amonette, Radford VA, free pistol (Olympics 1992, 96)

1965 - Ross Flemer, rower (Olympics 1996), born in Newport Beach, California

1974 - Rashaan Salaam, NFL running back (Chicago Bears, born in San Diego, California (d. 2016)

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Famous Deaths

1286 - John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)

1659 - Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary

1865 - Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51

1953 - Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41

1954 - Morten Korch, Danish author, dies at 78

1958 - Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author (b. 1886)

More Famous Deaths ¯

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